SCENIC PRESERVATIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 September 1938, Page 3

SCENIC PRESERVATIONS

FURTHER ACTION URGED. The necessity for further action in regard to scenic reservations was discussed by the executive of the Forest and Bird Protection Society. It was decided to write to the Undersecretary, Department of Lands and Survey, expressing the appreciation of the Department’s efforts, despite many obstacles which it had to overcome, and regretting that more funds were not available for this very important service. The president drew attention to the following significant statement in the Department’s annual report:—“lf only one per cent of the money expended on main roads could be allocated for the purchase of bush areas along these, roads the position would be very different. The Department hopes that its repeated representations on this' subject will in time bear fruit, and that the time will shortly arrive when it will be recognised that a reasonable expenditure of public funds in the acquisition of bush areas is not only a good investment, but also an absolute necessity if the Dominion is to maintain its reputation as a country possessing natural features of outstanding charm and interest.” After a member of the executive had referred to milling operations in the Urewera country, it was decided to ask the Department whether permits for timber milling on Crown lands had been granted there.